Trivedi goes for a jazz and electro-funk sound but we’ve heard him play it before. The variety on display in Coke has been one of its winning aspects. We like that the composer’s interpretation of a “serious” idea isn’t the expected Sufi-rock treatment - unlike its Pakistani counterpart, where it is the overarching genre but the song could have been a lot more. Normally a class apart in arrangement, at least by Bollywood standards, it doesn’t save the day here. The problem with this track is that it sounds too much like Trivedi. It turns out to be a minor thing, but it’s hard to ignore the similarity in the hookline with Gal mitthi mitthi bol, one of Trivedi’s smash hits from Aisha. In the beginning itself, the saxophone instantly reminds of Dreamum wakeupum from Aiiyya. How can they not get it right?īut all good intentions aside, the inaugural song of the revamped Coke Season 4 doesn’t quite hit the sweet spot, right from the start. The song they created together titled, Teriya tu jaane celebrates unconditional love. There was composer Amit Trivedi, who has rewritten the rules of Hindi film music lyricist Irshad Kamil who can weave the most profound Sufi thoughts into everyday language and two genuinely talented folk singers, Jyoti Nooran and Harshdeep Kaur. On paper, it had all the makings of a winning collaboration.
